Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 17:14
And David [was] the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
And David was the youngest,…. For the sake of whom this account is given of Jesse and his family, and who after this makes a considerable figure in the camp and court of Saul:
and the three eldest followed Saul; as before related, and which is repeated, that it might be observed that they only of Jesse’s sons followed Saul; not David particularly, but who was providentially sent to the army at the time the Philistine was defying it.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
1Sa 17:14 And David [was] the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
Ver. 14. And David was the youngest. ] Yet second to none of them in valour; which yet he is not too forward to put forth, till fairly called to it. One would have thought that Jesse, who knew of David’s anointing, should have sent him above all the rest of his sons to the wars. But God had a holy hand in all.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
was = he [was].
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
the youngest: 1Sa 16:11, Gen 25:23